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Strong's #2720 - חָרֵב
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- waste, desolate, dry
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2199) brh (ההרב HhRB) AC: Waste CO: Sword AB: ?: [from: rh- heat]
V) brh (ההרב HhRB) - Waste: A dry wasteland. Also a place that has been laid waste and made desolate. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (41): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Pual, Participle) waste, dry, desolate, slay, decay, destroy - Strongs: H2717 (חָרַב), H2718 (חֲרַב)
Nf) brh (ההרב HhRB) - I. Sword:A weapon used to lay waste a city. II. Waste:A dry or desolate place. KJV (423): sword, knife, dagger, axe, mattock - Strongs: H2719 (חֶרֶב), H2720 (חָרֵב)
Nf1) ebrh (ההרבה HhRBH) - Waste: KJV (50): waste, desolate, desert, decayed, dry land, dry ground - Strongs: H2723 (חָרְבָּה), H2724 (חָרָבָה)
gm) brfh (ההורב HhWRB) - I. Heat: II. Waste: KJV (16): heat, dry, drought, waste, desolation - Strongs: H2721 (חֹרֶב)
jm) nfbrh (ההרבונ HhRBWN) - Drought: KJV (1): drought - Strongs: H2725 (חֲרָבוֹן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
II. חָרֵב adjective waste, desolate; — masculine singular absolute ׳ח Jeremiah 33:10 3t.; feminine singular חֲרֵבָה Nehemiah 2:3 2t.; feminine plural הֶחֳרֵבוֺת Ezekiel 36:35,38 (see Kö i. 241); — of a city, defined מֵאֵיןאָדָם וּמֵאֵין בְּהֵמָה Jeremiah 33:10, compare Jeremiah 33:12; also Nehemiah 2:3,17; הֶעָרִים הֶחֳרֵבוֺת Ezekiel 36:35 (+ הַנְשַׁמּוֺת, הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת; opposed to בְּצוּרוֺת יָשָׁב֑וּ).
חָרֵב adj. fem. חֲרֵבָה
(1) dry, Leviticus 7:10; Proverbs 17:1.
(2) laid waste, destroyed, Jeremiah 33:10, 12 Jeremiah 33:12; Nehemiah 2:3, 17 Ezekiel 36:35.